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The following directories in L1033\Files serve multiple purposes for users, administrators, and service
accounts.
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Discovery_Files: Provides access to text files that are used to discover or add machines manually.
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ERD_Extracts: Provides access to the default directory that contains extracted emergency repair disk
files. Backing up registry files requires the SE_BACKUP_NAME user right.
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Exported Reports: Allows access to the exported reports.
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File_Upload_Extracts: Allows access to the extracted copies of files uploaded from VCM.
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HistoryCache: Provides access to report history files.
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ImportedSRSReports: Allows access to SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS) reports that are
imported into VCM.
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Remote_Command_Files: Provides access to the Windows remote command files that are required to
run remote commands in VCM.
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Reports: Provides access to VCM reports, which include AD, UNIX, Licensing, Provisioning, VCM
Patching, Virtualization, and so on.
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SCAP: Provides access to the SCAP import and export files used to assess your managed machines
against SCAP benchmarks.
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SUM Downloads: Provides access to patch files to patch managed machines. The service account user,
or a group to which this user belongs, must have write permission to this directory, or the user must
have Administrative privileges to this directory. If the service account does not have Administrator
privileges to use VCM Patching to deploy patches, the system Administrator must modify the file
permissions.
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SUM_Input: Provides access to text files that are used to create new imported templates to patch
managed machines.
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UNIX_Remote_Command_Files: Provides access to the UNIX remote command files that are required
to run remote commands in VCM.
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